{"title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"polly-nelson-nangala-bush-plum-leaves","title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA  - Bush Plum Leaves","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY NELSON NANGALA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH PLUM LEAVES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e88CM x 71CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#PN11\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDOB: c.1940 – 21 August 2022. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eKnown as: Polly Nangala, Polly Ngale, Polly Nelson Nangala, Polly Nelson Ngale, Polly Nungala, Polly Ngal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre \/ Alyawarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDreamings: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs) \u0026amp; Bush Plum (Arnwetky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly was among the last of a generation of Utopia women elders, and held deep custodial responsibility for her country, Alparra\/Ahalpere. She shared this country, and the Bush Plum (Arnwetky) Dreaming tied to it, with her sisters Kathleen Ngale and Angeline Pwerle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike many Utopia women of her generation, Polly's artistic life started with batik on silk in the late 1970s, part of a broader movement where the women of Utopia began putting their cultural knowledge into a new visual language. By the late 1980s she'd moved onto acrylic on canvas and linen, and it was here that her painting really found its own voice a build-up of colour, layer over layer, that gave her work a shimmering, almost weather-like quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer paintings speak to Bush Plum and Awelye, and through them she carried forward ceremonial knowledge and body-painting traditions handed down through generations of Anmatyerre women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career, Polly's work travelled well beyond Utopia shown in Sydney (1989), Paris (2004, 2018), Tokyo (2008, alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye), New York (2018), and Brisbane (2021), and named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Today her paintings sit in major public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Holmes à Court Collection, and the World Bank's collection in Washington DC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven as her eyesight failed badly in her final years, Polly kept painting her connection to the practice held right through to her passing in 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Polly and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity along with a photo of Polly holding the finished work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34979346120749,"sku":"PN11","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/POLLYNELSONNGALEREF_PN11.jpg?v=1607312641"},{"product_id":"polly-nelson-nangala-bush-plum","title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA - Bush Plum","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePOLLY NELSON NANGALA \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH PLUM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e39CM X 150CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#PN22\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDOB: c.1940 – 21 August 2022. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eKnown as: Polly Nangala, Polly Ngale, Polly Nelson Nangala, Polly Nelson Ngale, Polly Nungala, Polly Ngal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre \/ Alyawarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDreamings: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs) \u0026amp; Bush Plum (Arnwetky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly was among the last of a generation of Utopia women elders, and held deep custodial responsibility for her country, Alparra\/Ahalpere. She shared this country, and the Bush Plum (Arnwetky) Dreaming tied to it, with her sisters Kathleen Ngale and Angeline Pwerle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike many Utopia women of her generation, Polly's artistic life started with batik on silk in the late 1970s, part of a broader movement where the women of Utopia began putting their cultural knowledge into a new visual language. By the late 1980s she'd moved onto acrylic on canvas and linen, and it was here that her painting really found its own voice a build-up of colour, layer over layer, that gave her work a shimmering, almost weather-like quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer paintings speak to Bush Plum and Awelye, and through them she carried forward ceremonial knowledge and body-painting traditions handed down through generations of Anmatyerre women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career, Polly's work travelled well beyond Utopia shown in Sydney (1989), Paris (2004, 2018), Tokyo (2008, alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye), New York (2018), and Brisbane (2021), and named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Today her paintings sit in major public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Holmes à Court Collection, and the World Bank's collection in Washington DC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven as her eyesight failed badly in her final years, Polly kept painting her connection to the practice held right through to her passing in 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Polly and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity along with a photo of Polly holding the finished work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":34981342117933,"sku":"PN22","price":2900.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/POLLYNELSONNGALEREF_PN22.jpg?v=1607312581"},{"product_id":"polly-nelson-nangala-bush-plum-1","title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA - Bush Plum","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY NELSON NANGALA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH PLUM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON LINEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e88CM x125CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#PN148\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDOB: c.1940 – 21 August 2022. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eKnown as: Polly Nangala, Polly Ngale, Polly Nelson Nangala, Polly Nelson Ngale, Polly Nungala, Polly Ngal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre \/ Alyawarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDreamings: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs) \u0026amp; Bush Plum (Arnwetky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly was among the last of a generation of Utopia women elders, and held deep custodial responsibility for her country, Alparra\/Ahalpere. She shared this country, and the Bush Plum (Arnwetky) Dreaming tied to it, with her sisters Kathleen Ngale and Angeline Pwerle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike many Utopia women of her generation, Polly's artistic life started with batik on silk in the late 1970s, part of a broader movement where the women of Utopia began putting their cultural knowledge into a new visual language. By the late 1980s she'd moved onto acrylic on canvas and linen, and it was here that her painting really found its own voice a build-up of colour, layer over layer, that gave her work a shimmering, almost weather-like quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer paintings speak to Bush Plum and Awelye, and through them she carried forward ceremonial knowledge and body-painting traditions handed down through generations of Anmatyerre women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career, Polly's work travelled well beyond Utopia shown in Sydney (1989), Paris (2004, 2018), Tokyo (2008, alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye), New York (2018), and Brisbane (2021), and named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Today her paintings sit in major public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Holmes à Court Collection, and the World Bank's collection in Washington DC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven as her eyesight failed badly in her final years, Polly kept painting her connection to the practice held right through to her passing in 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Polly and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity along with a photo of Polly holding the finished work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40421095735341,"sku":"PN148","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/PN148.jpg?v=1647069568"},{"product_id":"polly-nelson-nangala-ngale-bush-plum","title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA - Bush Plum","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY NELSON NANGALA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH PLUM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON LINEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e93CM x118CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#PN165\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDOB: c.1940 – 21 August 2022. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eKnown as: Polly Nangala, Polly Ngale, Polly Nelson Nangala, Polly Nelson Ngale, Polly Nungala, Polly Ngal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre \/ Alyawarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDreamings: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs) \u0026amp; Bush Plum (Arnwetky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly was among the last of a generation of Utopia women elders, and held deep custodial responsibility for her country, Alparra\/Ahalpere. She shared this country, and the Bush Plum (Arnwetky) Dreaming tied to it, with her sisters Kathleen Ngale and Angeline Pwerle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike many Utopia women of her generation, Polly's artistic life started with batik on silk in the late 1970s, part of a broader movement where the women of Utopia began putting their cultural knowledge into a new visual language. By the late 1980s she'd moved onto acrylic on canvas and linen, and it was here that her painting really found its own voice a build-up of colour, layer over layer, that gave her work a shimmering, almost weather-like quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer paintings speak to Bush Plum and Awelye, and through them she carried forward ceremonial knowledge and body-painting traditions handed down through generations of Anmatyerre women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career, Polly's work travelled well beyond Utopia shown in Sydney (1989), Paris (2004, 2018), Tokyo (2008, alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye), New York (2018), and Brisbane (2021), and named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Today her paintings sit in major public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Holmes à Court Collection, and the World Bank's collection in Washington DC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven as her eyesight failed badly in her final years, Polly kept painting her connection to the practice held right through to her passing in 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Polly and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity along with a photo of Polly holding the finished work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40571535851565,"sku":"PN165","price":4350.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/JM164a.jpg?v=1650679448"},{"product_id":"polly-nelson-nangala-bush-plum-3","title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA - Bush Plum","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY NELSON NANGALA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH PLUM LEAVES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e53CM x 83CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#PN175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDOB: c.1940 – 21 August 2022. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eKnown as: Polly Nangala, Polly Ngale, Polly Nelson Nangala, Polly Nelson Ngale, Polly Nungala, Polly Ngal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre \/ Alyawarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDreamings: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs) \u0026amp; Bush Plum (Arnwetky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly was among the last of a generation of Utopia women elders, and held deep custodial responsibility for her country, Alparra\/Ahalpere. She shared this country, and the Bush Plum (Arnwetky) Dreaming tied to it, with her sisters Kathleen Ngale and Angeline Pwerle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike many Utopia women of her generation, Polly's artistic life started with batik on silk in the late 1970s, part of a broader movement where the women of Utopia began putting their cultural knowledge into a new visual language. By the late 1980s she'd moved onto acrylic on canvas and linen, and it was here that her painting really found its own voice a build-up of colour, layer over layer, that gave her work a shimmering, almost weather-like quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer paintings speak to Bush Plum and Awelye, and through them she carried forward ceremonial knowledge and body-painting traditions handed down through generations of Anmatyerre women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career, Polly's work travelled well beyond Utopia shown in Sydney (1989), Paris (2004, 2018), Tokyo (2008, alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye), New York (2018), and Brisbane (2021), and named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Today her paintings sit in major public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Holmes à Court Collection, and the World Bank's collection in Washington DC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven as her eyesight failed badly in her final years, Polly kept painting her connection to the practice held right through to her passing in 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Polly and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity along with a photo of Polly holding the finished work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40775656341549,"sku":"PN175","price":1750.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/PN175a.jpg?v=1654831989"},{"product_id":"copy-of-polly-nelson-nangala-bush-plum","title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA - Bush Plum","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY NELSON NANGALA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH PLUM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON LINEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e86CM x124CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF POLLY WITH HER PAINTING WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#PNN197\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDOB: c.1940 – 21 August 2022. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eKnown as: Polly Nangala, Polly Ngale, Polly Nelson Nangala, Polly Nelson Ngale, Polly Nungala, Polly Ngal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre \/ Alyawarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDreamings: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs) \u0026amp; Bush Plum (Arnwetky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly was among the last of a generation of Utopia women elders, and held deep custodial responsibility for her country, Alparra\/Ahalpere. She shared this country, and the Bush Plum (Arnwetky) Dreaming tied to it, with her sisters Kathleen Ngale and Angeline Pwerle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike many Utopia women of her generation, Polly's artistic life started with batik on silk in the late 1970s, part of a broader movement where the women of Utopia began putting their cultural knowledge into a new visual language. By the late 1980s she'd moved onto acrylic on canvas and linen, and it was here that her painting really found its own voice a build-up of colour, layer over layer, that gave her work a shimmering, almost weather-like quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer paintings speak to Bush Plum and Awelye, and through them she carried forward ceremonial knowledge and body-painting traditions handed down through generations of Anmatyerre women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career, Polly's work travelled well beyond Utopia shown in Sydney (1989), Paris (2004, 2018), Tokyo (2008, alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye), New York (2018), and Brisbane (2021), and named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Today her paintings sit in major public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Holmes à Court Collection, and the World Bank's collection in Washington DC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven as her eyesight failed badly in her final years, Polly kept painting her connection to the practice held right through to her passing in 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Polly and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity along with a photo of Polly holding the finished work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40964682776621,"sku":"PNN197","price":4300.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/PNN197-6.jpg?v=1659143846"},{"product_id":"polly-nelson-nangala-bush-plum-2","title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA - Bush Flowers","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY NELSON NANGALA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH FLOWERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e95CM x145CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#PN209\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDOB: c.1940 – 21 August 2022. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eKnown as: Polly Nangala, Polly Ngale, Polly Nelson Nangala, Polly Nelson Ngale, Polly Nungala, Polly Ngal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre \/ Alyawarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDreamings: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs) \u0026amp; Bush Plum (Arnwetky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly was among the last of a generation of Utopia women elders, and held deep custodial responsibility for her country, Alparra\/Ahalpere. She shared this country, and the Bush Plum (Arnwetky) Dreaming tied to it, with her sisters Kathleen Ngale and Angeline Pwerle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike many Utopia women of her generation, Polly's artistic life started with batik on silk in the late 1970s, part of a broader movement where the women of Utopia began putting their cultural knowledge into a new visual language. By the late 1980s she'd moved onto acrylic on canvas and linen, and it was here that her painting really found its own voice a build-up of colour, layer over layer, that gave her work a shimmering, almost weather-like quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer paintings speak to Bush Plum and Awelye, and through them she carried forward ceremonial knowledge and body-painting traditions handed down through generations of Anmatyerre women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career, Polly's work travelled well beyond Utopia shown in Sydney (1989), Paris (2004, 2018), Tokyo (2008, alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye), New York (2018), and Brisbane (2021), and named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Today her paintings sit in major public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Holmes à Court Collection, and the World Bank's collection in Washington DC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven as her eyesight failed badly in her final years, Polly kept painting her connection to the practice held right through to her passing in 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Polly and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity along with a photo of Polly holding the finished work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41052945154093,"sku":"PN209","price":0.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/REF_PN209.jpg?v=1661386218"},{"product_id":"polly-nelson-nangala-bush-plum-leaves-1","title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA  - Bush Plum Leaves","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY NELSON NANGALA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH PLUM LEAVES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e41CM x 73CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF POLLY WITH HER ARTWORK WILL BE PROVIDE\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#PN211\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDOB: c.1940 – 21 August 2022. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eKnown as: Polly Nangala, Polly Ngale, Polly Nelson Nangala, Polly Nelson Ngale, Polly Nungala, Polly Ngal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre \/ Alyawarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDreamings: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs) \u0026amp; Bush Plum (Arnwetky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly was among the last of a generation of Utopia women elders, and held deep custodial responsibility for her country, Alparra\/Ahalpere. She shared this country, and the Bush Plum (Arnwetky) Dreaming tied to it, with her sisters Kathleen Ngale and Angeline Pwerle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike many Utopia women of her generation, Polly's artistic life started with batik on silk in the late 1970s, part of a broader movement where the women of Utopia began putting their cultural knowledge into a new visual language. By the late 1980s she'd moved onto acrylic on canvas and linen, and it was here that her painting really found its own voice a build-up of colour, layer over layer, that gave her work a shimmering, almost weather-like quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer paintings speak to Bush Plum and Awelye, and through them she carried forward ceremonial knowledge and body-painting traditions handed down through generations of Anmatyerre women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career, Polly's work travelled well beyond Utopia shown in Sydney (1989), Paris (2004, 2018), Tokyo (2008, alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye), New York (2018), and Brisbane (2021), and named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Today her paintings sit in major public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Holmes à Court Collection, and the World Bank's collection in Washington DC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven as her eyesight failed badly in her final years, Polly kept painting her connection to the practice held right through to her passing in 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Polly and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity along with a photo of Polly holding the finished work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41096451325997,"sku":"PN211","price":1500.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/PN211.jpg?v=1662357603"},{"product_id":"polly-nelson-nangala-bush-plum-4","title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA - Bush Plum Flowers","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY NELSON NANGALA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH PLUM FLOWERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e70CM x 69CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF POLLY WITH HER PAINTING WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#PNN248\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDOB: c.1940 – 21 August 2022. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eKnown as: Polly Nangala, Polly Ngale, Polly Nelson Nangala, Polly Nelson Ngale, Polly Nungala, Polly Ngal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre \/ Alyawarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDreamings: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs) \u0026amp; Bush Plum (Arnwetky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly was among the last of a generation of Utopia women elders, and held deep custodial responsibility for her country, Alparra\/Ahalpere. She shared this country, and the Bush Plum (Arnwetky) Dreaming tied to it, with her sisters Kathleen Ngale and Angeline Pwerle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike many Utopia women of her generation, Polly's artistic life started with batik on silk in the late 1970s, part of a broader movement where the women of Utopia began putting their cultural knowledge into a new visual language. By the late 1980s she'd moved onto acrylic on canvas and linen, and it was here that her painting really found its own voice a build-up of colour, layer over layer, that gave her work a shimmering, almost weather-like quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer paintings speak to Bush Plum and Awelye, and through them she carried forward ceremonial knowledge and body-painting traditions handed down through generations of Anmatyerre women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career, Polly's work travelled well beyond Utopia shown in Sydney (1989), Paris (2004, 2018), Tokyo (2008, alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye), New York (2018), and Brisbane (2021), and named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Today her paintings sit in major public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Holmes à Court Collection, and the World Bank's collection in Washington DC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven as her eyesight failed badly in her final years, Polly kept painting her connection to the practice held right through to her passing in 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Polly and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity along with a photo of Polly holding the finished work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41457177395245,"sku":"PNN248","price":1950.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/products\/PN248.jpg?v=1670286190"},{"product_id":"polly-nelson-nangala-bush-plum-5","title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA - Bush Plum","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY NELSON NANGALA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH PLUM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e88CM x151CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF POLLY WITH HER PAINTNG WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#PN387\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDOB: c.1940 – 21 August 2022. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eKnown as: Polly Nangala, Polly Ngale, Polly Nelson Nangala, Polly Nelson Ngale, Polly Nungala, Polly Ngal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre \/ Alyawarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDreamings: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs) \u0026amp; Bush Plum (Arnwetky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly was among the last of a generation of Utopia women elders, and held deep custodial responsibility for her country, Alparra\/Ahalpere. She shared this country, and the Bush Plum (Arnwetky) Dreaming tied to it, with her sisters Kathleen Ngale and Angeline Pwerle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike many Utopia women of her generation, Polly's artistic life started with batik on silk in the late 1970s, part of a broader movement where the women of Utopia began putting their cultural knowledge into a new visual language. By the late 1980s she'd moved onto acrylic on canvas and linen, and it was here that her painting really found its own voice a build-up of colour, layer over layer, that gave her work a shimmering, almost weather-like quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer paintings speak to Bush Plum and Awelye, and through them she carried forward ceremonial knowledge and body-painting traditions handed down through generations of Anmatyerre women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career, Polly's work travelled well beyond Utopia shown in Sydney (1989), Paris (2004, 2018), Tokyo (2008, alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye), New York (2018), and Brisbane (2021), and named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Today her paintings sit in major public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Holmes à Court Collection, and the World Bank's collection in Washington DC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven as her eyesight failed badly in her final years, Polly kept painting her connection to the practice held right through to her passing in 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Polly and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity along with a photo of Polly holding the finished work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","offers":[{"title":"88CM x151CM","offer_id":41745505288237,"sku":"PN387","price":4900.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/PN387.jpg?v=1694475387"},{"product_id":"polly-nelson-nangala-bush-plum-6","title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA  - Bush Plum","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY NELSON NANGALA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH PLUM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON LINEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e56.5CM x 56.5CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#PN397\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDOB: c.1940 – 21 August 2022. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eKnown as: Polly Nangala, Polly Ngale, Polly Nelson Nangala, Polly Nelson Ngale, Polly Nungala, Polly Ngal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre \/ Alyawarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDreamings: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs) \u0026amp; Bush Plum (Arnwetky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly was among the last of a generation of Utopia women elders, and held deep custodial responsibility for her country, Alparra\/Ahalpere. She shared this country, and the Bush Plum (Arnwetky) Dreaming tied to it, with her sisters Kathleen Ngale and Angeline Pwerle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike many Utopia women of her generation, Polly's artistic life started with batik on silk in the late 1970s, part of a broader movement where the women of Utopia began putting their cultural knowledge into a new visual language. By the late 1980s she'd moved onto acrylic on canvas and linen, and it was here that her painting really found its own voice a build-up of colour, layer over layer, that gave her work a shimmering, almost weather-like quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer paintings speak to Bush Plum and Awelye, and through them she carried forward ceremonial knowledge and body-painting traditions handed down through generations of Anmatyerre women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career, Polly's work travelled well beyond Utopia shown in Sydney (1989), Paris (2004, 2018), Tokyo (2008, alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye), New York (2018), and Brisbane (2021), and named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Today her paintings sit in major public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Holmes à Court Collection, and the World Bank's collection in Washington DC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven as her eyesight failed badly in her final years, Polly kept painting her connection to the practice held right through to her passing in 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Polly and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity along with a photo of Polly holding the finished work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","offers":[{"title":"56.5CM x 56.5CM","offer_id":41783123410989,"sku":"PN397","price":1600.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/PN397brighter.jpg?v=1696285485"},{"product_id":"polly-nelson-nangala","title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA - Bush Plum","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY NELSON NANGALA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH PLUM \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON CANVAS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e152CM x 89CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF POLLY WITH HER ARTWORK WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#PN407\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDOB: c.1940 – 21 August 2022. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eKnown as: Polly Nangala, Polly Ngale, Polly Nelson Nangala, Polly Nelson Ngale, Polly Nungala, Polly Ngal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre \/ Alyawarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDreamings: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs) \u0026amp; Bush Plum (Arnwetky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly was among the last of a generation of Utopia women elders, and held deep custodial responsibility for her country, Alparra\/Ahalpere. She shared this country, and the Bush Plum (Arnwetky) Dreaming tied to it, with her sisters Kathleen Ngale and Angeline Pwerle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike many Utopia women of her generation, Polly's artistic life started with batik on silk in the late 1970s, part of a broader movement where the women of Utopia began putting their cultural knowledge into a new visual language. By the late 1980s she'd moved onto acrylic on canvas and linen, and it was here that her painting really found its own voice a build-up of colour, layer over layer, that gave her work a shimmering, almost weather-like quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer paintings speak to Bush Plum and Awelye, and through them she carried forward ceremonial knowledge and body-painting traditions handed down through generations of Anmatyerre women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career, Polly's work travelled well beyond Utopia shown in Sydney (1989), Paris (2004, 2018), Tokyo (2008, alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye), New York (2018), and Brisbane (2021), and named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Today her paintings sit in major public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Holmes à Court Collection, and the World Bank's collection in Washington DC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven as her eyesight failed badly in her final years, Polly kept painting her connection to the practice held right through to her passing in 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Polly and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity along with a photo of Polly holding the finished work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis painting can be hung vertically or horizontally.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","offers":[{"title":"152CM x 89CM","offer_id":41817038356525,"sku":"PN407","price":5000.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/PN407-2.jpg?v=1697444202"},{"product_id":"polly-nelson-nangala-bush-plum-7","title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA - Bush Plum","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY NELSON NANGALA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH PLUM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON LINEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e60.5CM x 31CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#PN417\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDOB: c.1940 – 21 August 2022. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eKnown as: Polly Nangala, Polly Ngale, Polly Nelson Nangala, Polly Nelson Ngale, Polly Nungala, Polly Ngal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre \/ Alyawarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDreamings: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs) \u0026amp; Bush Plum (Arnwetky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly was among the last of a generation of Utopia women elders, and held deep custodial responsibility for her country, Alparra\/Ahalpere. She shared this country, and the Bush Plum (Arnwetky) Dreaming tied to it, with her sisters Kathleen Ngale and Angeline Pwerle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike many Utopia women of her generation, Polly's artistic life started with batik on silk in the late 1970s, part of a broader movement where the women of Utopia began putting their cultural knowledge into a new visual language. By the late 1980s she'd moved onto acrylic on canvas and linen, and it was here that her painting really found its own voice a build-up of colour, layer over layer, that gave her work a shimmering, almost weather-like quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer paintings speak to Bush Plum and Awelye, and through them she carried forward ceremonial knowledge and body-painting traditions handed down through generations of Anmatyerre women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career, Polly's work travelled well beyond Utopia shown in Sydney (1989), Paris (2004, 2018), Tokyo (2008, alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye), New York (2018), and Brisbane (2021), and named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Today her paintings sit in major public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Holmes à Court Collection, and the World Bank's collection in Washington DC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven as her eyesight failed badly in her final years, Polly kept painting her connection to the practice held right through to her passing in 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Polly and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity along with a photo of Polly holding the finished work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41836843368493,"sku":"PN417","price":1025.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/PN417lighter-2_52e73509-4264-4a41-8a61-54edc9d31b92.jpg?v=1698632471"},{"product_id":"polly-nelson-nangala-bush-plum-8","title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA - Bush Plum","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY NELSON NANGALA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH PLUM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON LINEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e61CM x 30.5CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#PN440\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDOB: c.1940 – 21 August 2022. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eKnown as: Polly Nangala, Polly Ngale, Polly Nelson Nangala, Polly Nelson Ngale, Polly Nungala, Polly Ngal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre \/ Alyawarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDreamings: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs) \u0026amp; Bush Plum (Arnwetky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly was among the last of a generation of Utopia women elders, and held deep custodial responsibility for her country, Alparra\/Ahalpere. She shared this country, and the Bush Plum (Arnwetky) Dreaming tied to it, with her sisters Kathleen Ngale and Angeline Pwerle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike many Utopia women of her generation, Polly's artistic life started with batik on silk in the late 1970s, part of a broader movement where the women of Utopia began putting their cultural knowledge into a new visual language. By the late 1980s she'd moved onto acrylic on canvas and linen, and it was here that her painting really found its own voice a build-up of colour, layer over layer, that gave her work a shimmering, almost weather-like quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer paintings speak to Bush Plum and Awelye, and through them she carried forward ceremonial knowledge and body-painting traditions handed down through generations of Anmatyerre women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career, Polly's work travelled well beyond Utopia shown in Sydney (1989), Paris (2004, 2018), Tokyo (2008, alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye), New York (2018), and Brisbane (2021), and named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Today her paintings sit in major public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Holmes à Court Collection, and the World Bank's collection in Washington DC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven as her eyesight failed badly in her final years, Polly kept painting her connection to the practice held right through to her passing in 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Polly and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity along with a photo of Polly holding the finished work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly made two in the same size - see Ref:PN417 - photos of a mock up wall with both paintings included.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","offers":[{"title":"61CM x 30.5CM","offer_id":41925981929517,"sku":"PN440","price":1025.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/PN440.jpg?v=1701215671"},{"product_id":"polly-nelson-nangala-bush-plum-9","title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA - Bush Plum","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY NELSON NANGALA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH PLUM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON LINEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e52CM x 39.5CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF POLLY WITH HER ARTWORK WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#PN442\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDOB: c.1940 – 21 August 2022. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eKnown as: Polly Nangala, Polly Ngale, Polly Nelson Nangala, Polly Nelson Ngale, Polly Nungala, Polly Ngal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre \/ Alyawarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDreamings: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs) \u0026amp; Bush Plum (Arnwetky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly was among the last of a generation of Utopia women elders, and held deep custodial responsibility for her country, Alparra\/Ahalpere. She shared this country, and the Bush Plum (Arnwetky) Dreaming tied to it, with her sisters Kathleen Ngale and Angeline Pwerle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike many Utopia women of her generation, Polly's artistic life started with batik on silk in the late 1970s, part of a broader movement where the women of Utopia began putting their cultural knowledge into a new visual language. By the late 1980s she'd moved onto acrylic on canvas and linen, and it was here that her painting really found its own voice a build-up of colour, layer over layer, that gave her work a shimmering, almost weather-like quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer paintings speak to Bush Plum and Awelye, and through them she carried forward ceremonial knowledge and body-painting traditions handed down through generations of Anmatyerre women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career, Polly's work travelled well beyond Utopia shown in Sydney (1989), Paris (2004, 2018), Tokyo (2008, alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye), New York (2018), and Brisbane (2021), and named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Today her paintings sit in major public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Holmes à Court Collection, and the World Bank's collection in Washington DC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven as her eyesight failed badly in her final years, Polly kept painting her connection to the practice held right through to her passing in 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Polly and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity along with a photo of Polly holding the finished work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42002100322349,"sku":"PN363","price":1025.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/PN363-3.jpg?v=1704154125"},{"product_id":"polly-nelson-nangala-bush-plum-10","title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA - Bush Plum","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY NELSON NANGALA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH PLUM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON LINEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e95CM x 53CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF POLLY WITH HER ARTWORK WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#PN460\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDOB: c.1940 – 21 August 2022. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eKnown as: Polly Nangala, Polly Ngale, Polly Nelson Nangala, Polly Nelson Ngale, Polly Nungala, Polly Ngal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre \/ Alyawarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDreamings: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs) \u0026amp; Bush Plum (Arnwetky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly was among the last of a generation of Utopia women elders, and held deep custodial responsibility for her country, Alparra\/Ahalpere. She shared this country, and the Bush Plum (Arnwetky) Dreaming tied to it, with her sisters Kathleen Ngale and Angeline Pwerle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike many Utopia women of her generation, Polly's artistic life started with batik on silk in the late 1970s, part of a broader movement where the women of Utopia began putting their cultural knowledge into a new visual language. By the late 1980s she'd moved onto acrylic on canvas and linen, and it was here that her painting really found its own voice a build-up of colour, layer over layer, that gave her work a shimmering, almost weather-like quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer paintings speak to Bush Plum and Awelye, and through them she carried forward ceremonial knowledge and body-painting traditions handed down through generations of Anmatyerre women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career, Polly's work travelled well beyond Utopia shown in Sydney (1989), Paris (2004, 2018), Tokyo (2008, alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye), New York (2018), and Brisbane (2021), and named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Today her paintings sit in major public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Holmes à Court Collection, and the World Bank's collection in Washington DC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven as her eyesight failed badly in her final years, Polly kept painting her connection to the practice held right through to her passing in 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body\" align=\"center\" style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Polly and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity along with a photo of Polly holding the finished work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43316168294445,"sku":"PN460","price":1850.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/PN460-3_cee9e3eb-a7bc-41cf-bf83-37c884d495e8.jpg?v=1741392653"},{"product_id":"polly-nelson-nangala-1","title":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA - Bush Plum","description":"\u003ch2 style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY NELSON NANGALA \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eTITLE: BUSH PLUM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eACRYLIC ON LINEN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e109CM x 124CM\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePOLLY HAS SIGNED THE PAINTING AND A PHOTO OF POLLY WITH HER ARTWORK WILL BE PROVIDED\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eREF#PN497\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"font-claude-response-body\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDOB: c.1940 – 21 August 2022. Utopia, Northern Territory\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eKnown as: Polly Nangala, Polly Ngale, Polly Nelson Nangala, Polly Nelson Ngale, Polly Nungala, Polly Ngal\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eLanguage: Anmatyerre \/ Alyawarre\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-style: normal;\"\u003eDreamings: Awelye (women's ceremony and body paint designs) \u0026amp; Bush Plum (Arnwetky)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"font-claude-response-body\"\u003e\u003cb\u003ePolly was among the last of a generation of Utopia women elders, and held deep custodial responsibility for her country, Alparra\/Ahalpere. She shared this country, and the Bush Plum (Arnwetky) Dreaming tied to it, with her sisters Kathleen Ngale and Angeline Pwerle.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"font-claude-response-body\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eLike many Utopia women of her generation, Polly's artistic life started with batik on silk in the late 1970s, part of a broader movement where the women of Utopia began putting their cultural knowledge into a new visual language. By the late 1980s she'd moved onto acrylic on canvas and linen, and it was here that her painting really found its own voice a build-up of colour, layer over layer, that gave her work a shimmering, almost weather-like quality.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"font-claude-response-body\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eHer paintings speak to Bush Plum and Awelye, and through them she carried forward ceremonial knowledge and body-painting traditions handed down through generations of Anmatyerre women.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"font-claude-response-body\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eOver her career, Polly's work travelled well beyond Utopia shown in Sydney (1989), Paris (2004, 2018), Tokyo (2008, alongside Emily Kame Kngwarreye), New York (2018), and Brisbane (2021), and named a finalist in the Telstra National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Award. Today her paintings sit in major public and private collections, including the National Gallery of Australia, the Art Gallery of New South Wales, the Holmes à Court Collection, and the World Bank's collection in Washington DC.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"font-claude-response-body\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eEven as her eyesight failed badly in her final years, Polly kept painting her connection to the practice held right through to her passing in 2022.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\" class=\"font-claude-response-body\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis painting was purchased directly from Polly and comes with a gallery certificate of authenticity along with a photo of Polly holding the finished work.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"POLLY NELSON NANGALA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":66979869949997,"sku":null,"price":5000.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0357\/9130\/6797\/files\/PN497.jpg?v=1783306434"}],"url":"https:\/\/altyerre.com.au\/collections\/polly-nelson-nangala.oembed?page=2","provider":"Altyerre Aboriginal Art","version":"1.0","type":"link"}